So anything OWS does is right and everything police do is wrong

[JohnnyRingo]

32. Personally, I think they're going about the movement in the wrong way

Instead of a "leaderless movement", I think they should evolve into a national union with structure, dues, and most important, political clout. Instead of trying to tear down and rebuild the system anew, they could focus their energy to work within the existing system for worker's rights and a living wage.

It was the unions that built the middle class to begin with, and the decline of that middle class of the greatest generation coincides exactly when corporate interests started winning the fight by demonizing unions and the passage of "right to work" laws.

"Leaderless movements" have historically always ended the same. The "Bonus Soldiers", "Hooverville", and the American Indian protests at Alcatraz all suffered bloody defeats when they announced they weren't leaving public land. They also all shared a lack of national organization.

Government officials know that occupations become tent cities that morph into shanty towns. Those shanty towns become unsightly slums that adopt the name of the mayor, governor, or president in charge at the time. The math isn't hard to do on this, and it should be evident that no one wants to stop a protest, it's the occupation that won't ever be allowed to survive.

Somewhere there's a Samual Gompers waiting to organize the OWS people into unified political action, and I hope they don't turn their backs when he rises among them.

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While an occupation may be frowned upon and considered a nuisance by politicians, nothing can be as effective as a national strike. Wall Street alone will scream for speedy resolution from the govt, and you can bet they'll listen to them.